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> On Mar 4, 2018, at 12:29 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism > <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > Two asshole Panglosses get taken down in the NY Times but not nearly as > viciously as they deserve: > > Steven Pinker: > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/books/review/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now.html > > <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/books/review/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now.html> “Taken down”? Here’s how the Pinker review ends: "Steven Pinker’s book is full of vigor and vim, and it sets out to inspire a similar energy in its readers. "He cites one study of “negativity bias” that says a critic who pans a book “is perceived as more competent than a critic who praises it.” I will just have to take that risk: “Enlightenment Now” strikes me as an excellent book, lucidly written, timely, rich in data and eloquent in its championing of a rational humanism that is — it turns out — really quite cool.” _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
